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Ambrose Bierce's Definitions in The Devil's Dictionary J-K

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From: CCPA Monitor
Date: 20051101
Author:Bierce, Ambrose

JEALOUS: Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

JUSTICE: A commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes, and personal service.

KILL: To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.

KILT: A costume sometimes worn by Scotsmen in America and by Americans in Scotland.

KING: A male person commonly known as a "crowned head," although he seldom wears a crown and sometimes loses his head.

KISS: A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to ...

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